Senate roll call 81 · 40th Congress · Apr 15, 1867
To postpone consideration of the nomination of horas capron of illinois to be commissioner of agriculture.
On Apr 15, 1867, the Senate voted 18–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–14, Democrats 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 15, 1867
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 14 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
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